Time to start doing

If you're like me, you come across several things on a daily basis that make you think "I'm going to do that one day," or the more pathetic version, "I should do that some day... but I probably won't."

With inspiration from my dear friend LoveMuffins, I've decided that today and the next 1000 after it will be the days that I finally do those things. It's called the Day Zero Project and the idea is to make a list of 101 things that you will accomplish in 1001 days.  Sort of like a bucket list... but to be completed in less than 3 years.

When she told me about it, I thought that it sounded like a lot to take on.  Huge (not to mention expensive) life goals popped into mind... like visiting every country in Europe or buying a house.   Then I looked at her list and others and found things like "kiss in the rain" and "make ice cream from scratch." And even better, many goals to improve your community or random acts of kindness like "volunteer for Earth Day" or "put change in someone's expired parking meter."

So here's my list, to be updated as I achieve my goals:


Health/Sports:

1. Go ice skating
2. Go horseback riding
3. Get a massage completed 12/7/11
4. Eat vegetarian for a week (0/7)
5. Go to the gym 3 times a week for a month (0/12)
6. Complete a 5k marathon
7. Do 20 push ups
8. Drink eight glasses of water every day for a week (0/7)
9. Abstain from alcohol for a week (0/7)
10. Go on a hike
11. Go to a driving range
12. Take a dance class

Finances:

13. Eat in for 2 weeks (0/14)
14. Pay off all credit card debt
15. Write my will completed 11/15/11

Relationships:

16. Take my nephew on an outing of his choosing
17. Make a birthday cake for someone completed 3/6/12
18. Go on a family vacation (Booked for May 2012)
19. Have friends over to my place and cook them dinner completed 2/29/11
20. Host a theme party completed 12/17/11
21. Host a potluck dinner completed 12/23/11
22. Have my parents and in laws each over for dinner and cook for them (0/3)
23. Give a friend or family member a gift for no reason

Travel/Outings:

24. Go camping
25. Visit the Mediterranean (Cruise, booked for May 2012)
26. Go on a road trip with no specific destination
27. Visit a state or country that I've never been to completed 12/29/11
28. Go on a picnic
29. Visit a local winery
30. Take a tour of DC
31. Visit a friend out of state
32. Pick a pumpkin at a pumpkin patch, carve it, then make pumpkin pie and roasted seeds out of the insides
33. Visit 3 museums I've never been to before (2/3)
    

    1. National Museum of Crime and Punishment completed 12/10/11
    2. Newseum completed 2/4/12

Projects:

33. Make a recipe book of my favorite recipes, including pictures of my homemade dishes
34. Knit a blanket (began Dec 2011)
35. Create a painting completed 2/20/12
36. Make a quilt
37. Go to a paint-your-own pottery shop
38. Take a picture in the same place every month for a year then turn it into a calendar (4/12)

Self improvement/Well Being:

39. Don't complain about anything for a week (0/7)
40. Practice piano for a half hour every day for 2 weeks (0/14)
41. Send a thank you note to someone who has inspired me
42. Learn to drive manual transmission
43. Spend an entire day outside
44. Learn how to meditate and do it every day for 2 weeks (0/14)
45. Be facebook-free for a week (0/7)
46. Have an “unplugged” vacation
47. Complete 7 goals in one week (0/7)
48. Go to church 10 times on a non-holiday (0/10)
49. Write down my worst memories on a paper and then burn the paper
50. Read 20 new books (5/20)
    

    1. Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
    2. Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
    3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
    4. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
    5. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
51. Make a list of 101 things that make me happy (16/101)
52. Organize my entire apartment and keep it that way for a month (0/31)
53. Read three biographies or autobiographies (0/3)

Entertainment/Culture:

54. See every movie that's won a “Best Picture” Oscar, rewatch ones I've already seen (6/85)
55. Go to a concert with a band I've never seen (tickets for March 2012)
56. Watch a silent film completed 1/24/12
57. Either attend a live opera performance or watch a movie of one completed 1/21/12
58. Go to a professional theatre performance in DC
59. Listen to a song by a new artist every day for a month (0/31)
60. Eat a type of cuisine I've never had before
61. Watch every Harry Potter movie in order over one weekend
62. See a Broadway show
63. Make a playlist of my 101 favorite songs (101/101) completed 11/29/11, Spotify link here
64. Buy a unique piece of art
65. Re-read the entire Harry Potter series within 3 months (0/7)
66. Go to a live comedy show

Community/Environment/Random Acts of Kindness:

68. Adopt a pet
69. Volunteer in my community
70. Put change in someone's parking meter that's about to expire
71. Donate hair to locks of love
72. Donate 2 boxes or bags of my things to charity
73. Pay for a stranger in line behind me
74. Hug at least one person every day for a month (30/30) completed 12/13/11
    
75. Order food for pickup instead of delivery
76. Compliment someone every day for a week (0/7)
77. Fill a window box full of plants on my balcony
78. Volunteer at an animal shelter
79. Don't drive anywhere for a week (0/7)
80. Only spend money on local businesses for a week (0/7)
81. When voting in the 2012 election, know what all the candidates stand for and be truly informed on every person I'm voting for
82. Leave 5 operation beautiful notes (0/5)

Fun for the Sake of Fun:

83. Make a snow angel
84. Participate in a poker night
85. Jump into a body of water fully clothed
86. Make a pie on Pi day
87. Spend an entire day in my Pjs reading books and eating only junk food
88. Ride a roller coaster
89. Swim in the ocean
90. Bake a Rubik's cube cake
91. Taste ten new wines, photograph and review them (0/10)
92. Go all out decorating my apartment for a holiday
93. Eat at 15 new restaurants within walking distance, photograph and review them (1/15)
    

    1. Jaleo completed 12/2/11

Misc:

94. Keep a “my day in 6 words” blog every day for a month (30/30) completed 12/13/11
95. Take a picture every day for a month (0/31)
96. Wear my hair down every day for a week (0/7)
97. Make one dish out of every cookbook I own (0/15)
98. Have my piano tuned
99. Listen to the CD my grandmother made of her reading her poems
100. Get my nose pierced
101. Take a walk alone for no reason

 To be completed between the dates of November 13, 2011 and August 10, 2014


And off I go to start doing!